REEVE CARNEY, EVA NOBLEZADA and RUTHIE HENSHALL To Star in CABARET AT THE KIT KAT CLUB from 22 SEPTEMBER 2025
The producers of the multi award-winning, critically acclaimed West End production of CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB are delighted to announce new casting.
From 22 September 2025, Grammy Award winner Reeve Carney will play Emcee and double Tony Award nominee and Grammy Award winner Eva Noblezada will play Sally Bowles. They star alongside Ian Charleson Award nominee Baker Mukasa as Clifford Bradshaw, Olivier Award winner Ruthie Henshall as Fraulein Schneider, Olivier Award nominee Robert Hands as Herr Schultz and Lucas Koch as Ernst Ludwig. Also joining the cast from 22 September are Joe Atkinson, Xavion Campbell-Brown, Olivia-Rose Deer, Anya Ferdinand, Danny Fogarty, Manu Sarswat, Tom Scanlon and Eva-Rose Tanaka.
Continuing in the company are Jessica Kirton as Fraulein Kost/Fritzie, alongside Adrian Grove, Ela Lisondra, Hícaro Nicolai, Andy Rees, Alexandra Regan, Marina Tavolieri and Lucy Young.
Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada’s final performance will be Saturday 24 January 2026.
Reeve Carney returns to the West End following his run earlier this year as Orpheus in Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre, a role he created at the National Theatre and in the original Broadway production of the show. On screen he was seen as Tom Ford in Ridley Scott’s feature film Gucci. He is also known for his portrayal of Dorian Gray in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful and for originating the role of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, a role that he was handpicked for by Julie Taymor and U2’s Bono.
Eva Noblezada returns to the part of Sally Bowles having played the role to critical acclaim in this production of Cabaret on Broadway. She previously originated the lead role of Daisy in the Broadway production of The Great Gatsby and reprised the role of Eurydice in Hadestown in the West End, a role she created at the National Theatre and on Broadway, for which she won a Grammy Award and was nominated for a Tony Award. This was Eva's second Tony Award nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical, following her earlier nod in 2017 for the role of Kim in Miss Saigon. She was featured in the Amblin film Easter Sunday, was the lead in the AppleTV+ animated film, Luck, and starred for director Diane Paragas in the acclaimed Sony Pictures film, Yellow Rose. She also starred in the West End revivals of Miss Saigon and Les Misérables.
Baker Mukasa was nominated for the Ian Charleson Award for his performance as Angelo in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of The Comedy of Errors. His other credits for the Royal Shakespeare Company include The Winter’s Tale, Troy Story, Swingin’ the Dream and Festive Tales. Baker’s West End credits include Tina - The Tina Turner Musical at the Aldwych Theatre, A Christmas Carol at the Old Vic and Standing at the Sky’s Edge at the Gillian Lynne, as well as at the National Theatre and Sheffield Crucible. His other theatre credits include Brief Encounter at the Royal Exchange, Henry VIII and I, Joan at Shakespeare’s Globe and The Last King of Scotland at Sheffield Crucible. His TV Credits include Grace and Doctors.
Ruthie Henshall is a five-time Olivier Award nominee for Best Actress in a Musical, winning for her portrayal of Amalia Balash in She Loves Me. Her extensive theatre credits include Grizabella in Cats, Fantine in Les Misérables, Nancy in Oliver!, Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly and Mama Morton in Chicago, Marian Halcombe in The Woman in White and Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot. Throughout her career she has also appeared in the original London productions of Miss Saigon, Children of Eden, Crazy for You, Peggy Sue Got Married and Marguerite. Ruthie also tours across the UK, USA and Australia as a concert performer, and previously appeared in ITV’s I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! In 2020.
Robert Hands was in the original West End company of Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre and was nominated for the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical. His other West End credits include Committee at the Donmar Warehouse, Mamma Mia! at the Prince of Wales Theatre, Mrs Henderson Presents at the Noël Coward Theatre, Mouthful at Trafalgar Studios, Scenes from an Execution and Invisible Friends at the National Theatre, Spamalot at the Palace Theatre, Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Comedy Theatre, The Woman in Black at the Fortune Theatre, Rose Rage at the Haymarket Theatre, The Importance of Being Earnest at the Old Vic and Witness For the Prosecution at County Hall. His other theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Troilus and Cressida at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre and Arcadia and The Three Sisters and Valentine’s Day at Chichester Festival Theatre. His many film credits include The Lesson, Black Forest, Asylum, Anna and the King, Charlotte Gray, Foreign Affairs and Shine. His TV credits include Joan, Grace, Masters of the Air, Noughts & Crosses, Manhunt, Breeders, Endeavour, EastEnders, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Love and Marriage, Casualty and Doctor Who.
Lucas Koch is currently appearing in Evita at the London Palladium. His other West End credits include Crazy For You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Choir of Man at the Arts Theatre and Kiss Me, Kate at the Barbican.
Jessica Kirton’s West End credits include Cinderella and School of Rock, both at the Gillian Lynne Theatre, Love Never Dies at the Adelphi Theatre and 42nd Street in Concert at the London Palladium. She has also appeared in Chicago at Leicester Curve, in the North American tour of Batman Live! and in Shout! at the Arts Theatre.
Both Reeve Carney and Eva Noblezada are not scheduled to appear from Wednesday 22 October – Wednesday 5 November 2025. At these performances Joe Atkinson will play Emcee and Marina Tavolieri will play Sally Bowles.
The prologue company are Rachel Benson, Ami Benton, Joseph Hardy, James Hastings, Andrew Linnie, Dak Mashava, Nethra Menon, Oluwatosin Omotosho, Jack William Parry, Jazmyn Raikes and Kristin Wei Wong.
CABARET is currently booking until Saturday 23 May 2026. The production recently celebrated its 1,500th performance, making it the longest running production of Cabaret in West End history. kitkat.club
This unique production of CABARET opened in December 2021 to critical and audience acclaim, widely praised as the ultimate theatrical experience. In April 2022 it won a record-breaking seven Olivier Awards. The production has also won three prestigious Critics Circle Awards as well as the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Design for designer Tom Scutt.
The Tony award winning Broadway production of CABARET opened in April last year at the KIT KAT CLUB at the August Wilson Theatre where it continues to play and currently stars Billy Porter and Marisha Wallace.
Transforming one of London’s most famous theatres with an in-the-round auditorium and reimagined spaces, before the show guests are invited to enjoy and explore the Kit Kat Club with pre-show entertainment, drinks and dining all on offer. When booking, guests receive a 'club entry time' to allow enough time to take in the world of the Kit Kat Club before the show starts. But of course, the show really starts when you first join us in the club…
One of the most successful musicals of all time CABARET features the songs Wilkommen, Don’t Tell Mama, Mein Herr, Maybe This Time, Money and the title number. It has music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, book by Joe Masteroff. Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
CABARET is directed by Rebecca Frecknall, set and costume design is by Tom Scutt with choreography by Julia Cheng. Musical supervision is by Jennifer Whyte and musical direction is by Ben van Tienen with lighting design by Isabella Byrd, sound design by Nick Lidster, Wigs and Hair design by Sam Cox and Make-Up design by Guy Common. The casting director is Stuart Burt and the original associate director and prologue director is Jordan Fein. The prologue composer and musical director is Angus MacRae.
CABARET at the KIT KAT CLUB is produced by ATG Productions and Underbelly.
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